My Big Fat Uyghur Wedding: The Series

Home » Life, Uyghur Wedding May 31, 2010 6 Comments

It’s been a long time in the making, but I’m excited to finally be able to share with you one of my favorite experiences living in Xinjiang.

This week will be dedicated to an incredible Xinjiang tradition known as the Uyghur wedding. I’ve had the privilege of attending many weddings in Xinjiang over the past few years and I have already written about my experiences taking part in a Chinese Wedding.

But much has already been written about Chinese weddings.  Too much, probably.  However, if you begin searching Google for information about a modern A Uyghur bride and groom walk to their weddingUyghur wedding you won’t find any decent material in English.  I hope to change that.

This series is divided into 4 parts:

  1. The Bachelor Party
  2. The Wedding Ceremony
  3. The Wedding Parade
  4. The Wedding Celebration

I hope I have been able to succinctly and accurately portray this part of Uyghur culture that not many people get to participate in.  Please enjoy and I encourage all feedback, either through the comments section, on Twitter or on the Far West China Facebook page.

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  • ablackwelder said:
    May 31st, 2010 at 11:03 am

    Wow! I am so excited! I am in Kashgar right now and I have seen little glimpses of weddings and I wanted to learn more. PERFECT!

    Thanks!!

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  • jessiev said:
    June 1st, 2010 at 12:37 am

    can’t wait! i love weddings, wherever they are.

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  • Baoru said:
    May 31st, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    Cool, Josh! Looking forward to it! I am suddenly curious too.

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    Josh says: May 31st, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    Thanks, Baoru. Hopefully I’ll be able to satisfy your curiosity. Got some great videos that I think you’ll love.

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  • Chinamatt said:
    June 3rd, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    I’m still waiting for the day that my wife’s friend gets married so I can go to a Kazakh wedding in Xinjiang.

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    Josh says: June 4th, 2010 at 2:57 am

    That would be interesting. What would be even more interesting is if that friend lives in the rural country as opposed to the city. Isn’t there some sort of tradition where the bride is taken away on a horse or is that a different ethnic group? My wife would have loved that!

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